TORRANCE, Calif. 07/11/2005 – To further enhance the division’s performance image, Acura is developing a new sports car to succeed the award-winning NSX supercar. Acura also announced that production of the current generation NSX will cease at the end of the year due to the extensive retooling necessary to meet stringent 2006 emissions and equipment regulations for the U.S., Europe and Asia.
"We are committed to having an ultra high-performance vehicle in the Acura lineup in the future," said John Mendel, senior vice president, automobile operations. "It's too early to comment on specifics, but the all-new model will be just as groundbreaking as the 1991 NSX."
As the first-ever supercar from Japan, the NSX was created as a hand-built, exotic, mid-engine sports car that would establish entirely new levels of performance, refinement and drivability. The NSX went on sale in the summer of 1990 and the following year posted record U.S. sales of 1,940 vehicles. Through June of 2005, NSX cumulative sales totaled 8,854 in the U.S. and more than 18,000 worldwide.
During its 15-year run, the NSX has been showered with accolades including, Automobile Magazine’s “Automobile of the Year and Design of the Year” awards, Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New,” Road &Track’s “Ten Best Cars in the World” list. Motor Trend magazine also named the NSX to its “Top Ten Performance Cars” list and touted it as “the best sports car ever built.”
Acura designed the NSX as a technological and performance showcase. Among other innovations, it was the first production car to feature an all-aluminum body, chassis, and suspension and to utilize titanium connecting rods. It featured a transversely mounted dual overhead cam V-6 engine equipped with Acura’s breakthrough VTEC (Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control) system and a variable volume induction system.
Over time, the NSX received continuous updates to ensure its competitiveness and popularity with serious sports car enthusiasts. The NSX has also captured multiple championships in the highest levels of sports car and prototype racing.
So what comes next? I wonder if the HSC concept will become the new NSX, or will Honda drop it’s V6 Hybrid motor for something beefier?
acura is developing a new car?
i assume its being developed in the US then… acura doesnt exist in japan.
anywho
it would be nice to see them use that mugen v8 in something other than their racecars
not to hate on the hottness of the NSX but i really was never too impressed, i mean…80 grand or so for 300hp at about 3000lbs or so? doesnt sound worth it at all to me…
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as a note to its cost. there are more hand made/modified to fit parts on a nsx than a lambo. you paid for the build quality, and its near perfect handling.
edit: this is what i want to see in the replacement